[Please note the attached .map file (if I’ve remembered to attach it). If you are adjudicating at home on RP, you’ll have to replace the Anarchy.map file that I sent earlier with this one. Otherwise, you won’t be able to build any new units this Winter!]
Autumn 1901 retreats are due tomorrow at 3:00 CST (20:00 GMT). We’ve got a few…
The Imperial (DRE) army in Marseilles may retreat to Burgundy, Piedmont, or OTB
The Dulcerian army in Rumania may retreat to Galicia, Ukraine, or OTB
The Itean fleet in London may retreat to North Sea, Wales, or OTB.
It’s kind of fun to Google your country names. It may or may not say something about you as a person. [Note: I ignored the Democratic Roman Empire and The One Who Will Win, since those phrases show up in a cornucopia of various contexts.]
Dulceria – a Spanish word for a candy shop or sweet shop… and, you know, those supply centers do look kind of sweet and tasty (just ask Zonotrichia).
Zonotrichia – the scientific genus name for a variety of North American sparrows, some of which nest nearby to Warren. I bet he’s easily felled with two barrels of birdshot.
Itea – International Technology Education Association. Institute for Taoist Education and Acupuncture. Also a name of towns in Greece. And the genus name of the flowering sweetspire shrub that blooms in July. With a name like this, he could be anything and everything. Judging from 1901, perhaps it means “I’m taking extreme abuse”. Safest to poke him full of needles and trim any spindly branches.
Hembria – There is apparently a family surname of Hembria wandering down south in Georgia. I know this because poor ol’ Cam left a November 1976 obituary. Hembria. Obituary. Not too promising.
Trigspor – thanks to this game, it has *8* results in Google. We’re #1 on the list! The next four results involve adjacent foreign words of “Trigs” and “Por” (or “trig-spor”). And then, predictably, the last three are for porn sites listed as “Trigsporn”. Provide your own punchline.
Adaria – this is the fun one. It’s a company that provides vending services in and around Toronto! No, it’s a girl’s name meaning “Virgin”. No, wait, it’s the name of a cacti and succulents garden in Romania. Hold on… “Adarian Money” is personal finance software. But, no, it’s actually just another porn website, this one devoted to pictures of sexy, naked Amazon women. Mr. Maslow, just what do you do with your time? Regardless, I think it sounds like “I dare ya”… are you gonna let him talk to ya like that?
Okay, now for the adjudication. Below the adjudication, I list adjustments for Winter (due Friday).
Gaul is reunited! One suspects that in the process Adaria has not been entirely honest. Still, it’s a nifty feat that the sexy, naked Amazons have pulled off – earning support from two different allies against two different enemies. So, Mr. Maslow is one of the year’s big winners.
The other big winner – making good on his threat to paint the screen zombie green – Mr. Fleming of Zonotrichia. Expect more fluorescent units out of Bulgaria and Sevastopol soon.
One of the side stories here is the diplomatic war between the DRE and Trigspor. Round One goes unambiguously to Trigspor, who wins the Bachelorette-like wooing of Adaria and who secures a vital support in Trieste from the sparrow-people. Thus, what could have ended in +1 for DRE and -1 for Trigspor instead results in -1 for DRE and even-Steven for Trigspor.
In the North, Itea fails to persuade either Hembria or The One Who Will Win to relent. The results are gruesome for the retail furniture chain but yield moderate growth for both halves of the northern alliance.
As we near the end of 1901, there is still plenty of game left to play. It may be time to rearrange some of the alliances that you *think* are running the game.
Fall 1901 Adjudication:
Adaria:
Lvp to Iri
TyS to Tun (*Bounce*)
Gas to Mar
ECh to Lon
Democratic Roman Empire:
F ADR-Tri (*Fails*)
A Ven s F ADR-Tri
F ION – Tun (*Bounce*)
A Marseilles s A Adarian Gas-Spa (*Dislodged*)
Dulceria:
F Ankara Holds
F Aegean Sea S A Rumania - Bulgaria
A Rumania – Bulgaria (*Dislodged*)
Hembria:
F North Sea - Edinburgh
F Yorkshire Supports F English Channel - London
A Munich - Ruhr
A Kiel – Denmark (*Fails*)
Itea:
F Den S A Swe (*Cut*)
A Swe S F Nwg - Nwy
F Nwg - Nwy (*Fails*)
F Lon S F Eng – Nth (*Dislodged*)
The One Who Will Win:
F Berlin - Baltic Sea
A Moscow - Warsaw
F Norway Hold
A St Petersburg Supports F Norway
Trigspor:
F MAO S Spa
F Spa(sc) S Gas -> Mars
A Tri S Ser (*Cut*)
A Gre -> Bul (*Bounce*)
Zonotrichia:
A Vienna S A Trieste
A Budapest S A Sevastopol - Rumania
A Sevastopol - Rumania
A Serbia S A Greece – Bulgaria
Looking ahead to Friday, the Winter 1901 adjustments (assuming no off-the-board retreats):
+2: Adaria & Zonotrichia
+1: Hembria & The One Who Will Win
Break-Even: Trigspor
-1: DRE & Dulceria*
-2: Itea
* - On account of the unit disband from S1901, Dulceria has no adjustments unless he retreats off the board. |
